Independent Cryptic #11335

2023-02-09

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Across

1a

Battered halibut's tail and drinks including case of champagne (8)

6a

More often than not Rodriguez has virile exterior (6)

9a

Perfumier engages new US artist who changes what's on the box (13)

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10a

American idiot with zero pizzazz making chit-chat (10)

12a

Spike large one (4)

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13a

Didn't catch film using audio (6)

15a

Gift from party people (8)

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17a

Working on image a narcissist's problem (8)

19a

Bar passage out of Rwanda's capital (6)

20a

Star's promise in Union and League (4)

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22a

Card player with dodgy relations in part of England (10)

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24a

Complaint from son tucking into e.g. wurst with sauerkraut and enchiladas on vacation (13)

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26a

Peacenik into drug-taking and hippiedom (6)

27a

Gives up storing item in bureaus after losing a thousand (8)

Down

2d

Concerned with eco travel helping the environment (9)

3d

Remove attacking threat from team introducing right back (5)

4d

Harmony from Italian with my kind of music (11)

5d

In the end Oxford United wasted time (7)

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6d

Low emotional state finishing early (3)

7d

Mostly ill-mannered I see and unwise (9)

8d

Poetry penned by Joely Richardson (5)

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11d

What happens when Posh or Sporty is annoying getting biscuits (11)

14d

Suggest infiltrating small leftist group (9)

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16d

E.g. Putin in media getting awfully poor coverage (9)

18d

Bore and nincompoop you heard at the seaside? (7)

21d

Strong belief one may be responsible for litter (5)

23d

Dip in retail with area sapped of energy (5)

25d

A question Descartes implicitly asked his pal (3)